HDReye 4+

In a matter of minutes, I was able to shoot, stitch an .exr, AirDrop it, and load the image in Blender. It’s really that easy! Excellent app! And it’s possible to specify a dynamic range for when you don’t need to go overkill.

Don’t expect the stitching to be perfect, or the resolution to be like what you find on Poly Haven or something. (It’s a mobile app, let’s keep in mind. Processing even at existing resolutions takes a couple of minutes.) But for capturing the lighting of a room to composite CG objects into photos or similar VFX projects, this app delivers.

There is also a built in previewer that lets you see what you can expect your pano to look like when reflected on objects (sphere, cube, and toroid) - and you can adjust the preview object’s material with “metallic” and “roughness” sliders.

One minor limitation I would like to see improved is, even though we can title our images in the app, those titles do not end up being part of the file names once exported. (Instead the names are strings of numbers, as of now.)

I’m hopeful development will continue, possibly with improvements made to the stitching algorithm and so on. But (considering it’s free too) I believe this is already the best HDRi pano creation app in the App Store!

I’ve been waiting for an iPhone app to take HDRI photos forever. So glad to see one finally out. However, it would be nice if you could use the wide angle lens so you don’t have to take as many photos. I think I had to take like 51 photos for the last one. The algorithm stitches the photos okay enough, but not great if you wanted close up reflections of a 3D reflective object. But it’s quick and dirty and effective! Really nice for when you’re in a pinch or don’t need total accuracy. Love it! Looking forward to more developments. Thank you

This app is fun to use and play with but not useful for much else. It is essentially a toy to experiment with. The HDRI’s it produces are not really High Dynamic range and require you to adjust them in an image editing software such as photoshop. Since the stitching is never perfect you cannot use them for accurate lighting but reflections are ok. The resolution is also not even close to being high enough. This app should be free and locally processed and stored and not $6.99 as there is no way you can use these in any sort of professional workflow. Our phones are powerful enough to stitch and combine so this is a cash grab that gives you nothing of value. You are better off just getting a cheap 360 camera as it’s much easier and quicker, you will have more fun and your output will actually be usable in some cases. Hope this helps others.